Taliban to Lift Girls’ Education Ban “Soon,” Says Bangladeshi Cleric
Mamunul Haque, a religious scholar and head of Bangladesh’s “Majlis-e-Khilafat” party—who recently visited Kabul with six other Bangladeshi clerics—says the...
Women
France Condemns Taliban’s Systematic Abuse of Women’s Rights
France on Friday (September 25) condemned what it called the Taliban’s “structured violations” of the rights of women and girls...
28 Groups Urge Global Backing for Taliban Accountability Push
On the first anniversary of the decision by Australia, Germany, Canada, and the Netherlands to pursue accountability for the Taliban’s...
UN Women: Afghans Overwhelmingly Back Girls’ Education
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women said at a press briefing in Geneva that...
Taliban Envoy Claims Afghans Can “Move Freely” Nationwide
Sardar Ahmad Shakib, the Taliban’s ambassador in Islamabad, said Afghans today can “move freely” across the country—despite the group’s Amr...
Women’s Movements: Global Inaction Fuels Taliban Abuses
On the fourth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power, Afghan women’s protest movements issued a joint statement declaring that...